Belief vs Contemplation - What's the difference?
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Mental acceptance of a claim as likely true.
*{{quote-magazine, date=2013-12-06, author=(George Monbiot)
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, title= Faith or trust in the reality of something; often based upon one's own reasoning, trust in a claim, desire of actuality, and/or evidence considered.
(countable) Something believed.
(uncountable) The quality or state of believing.
(uncountable) Religious faith.
(in the plural) One's religious or moral convictions.
The act of the mind in considering with attention; continued attention of the mind to a particular subject; meditation; musing; study.
Holy meditation.
The act of looking forward to an event as about to happen; expectation; the act of intending or purposing.
As nouns the difference between belief and contemplation
is that belief is mental acceptance of a claim as likely true while contemplation is the act of the mind in considering with attention; continued attention of the mind to a particular subject; meditation; musing; study.belief
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(en noun)Why I'm eating my words on veganism – again, passage=The belief that there is no conflict between [livestock] farming and arable production also seems to be unfounded: by preventing the growth of trees and other deep vegetation in the hills and by compacting the soil, grazing animals cause a cycle of flash floods and drought, sporadically drowning good land downstream and reducing the supply of irrigation water.}}